Varaha Purana 11.46: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 46
Hospitality at Gauramukha’s Hermitage and the Power of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
एवं दिव्योपचारेण स्नात्वा राजा महामनाः । चिन्तयामास राजेन्द्रो विस्मयाविष्टचेतनः । किमिदं मुनिसामर्थ्यं तपसो वाऽथ वा मणेः ॥ ११.४६ ॥
evaṃ divyopacāreṇa snātvā rājā mahāmanāḥ | cintayāmāsa rājendro vismayāviṣṭacetanaḥ | kim idaṃ munisāmarthyaṃ tapaso vā ’tha vā maṇeḥ || 11.46 ||
ഇങ്ങനെ ദിവ്യോപചാരത്തോടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത മഹാമനസ്സനായ രാജേന്ദ്രൻ, വിസ്മയാവിഷ്ടചിത്തനായി ചിന്തിച്ചു—“ഇത് മുനിമാരുടെ ഏതു സാമർത്ഥ്യം? തപസ്സിന്റെ ഫലമോ, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മണിയുടെ പ്രഭാവമോ?”
Narrator (king’s internal reflection; default dialogue framework: Varāha–Pṛthivī not explicit in this fragment)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative motif: a ruler encountering extraordinary ascetic or ritual power and evaluating whether it arises from disciplined tapas (ascetic practice) or from valued objects (maṇi), illustrating intellectual curiosity rather than automatic acceptance.
No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse; it functions as a psychological/narrative transition centered on the king’s astonishment.
The verse foregrounds reflective inquiry—evaluating causes of extraordinary phenomena (discipline, spiritual practice, or material aids)—as a prudent intellectual posture for a ruler and observer.
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